I’ve come to the conclusion that I owe my husband a huge thank you. Now that I’m no longer pregnant (and sick) and actually feel like eating, I’ve started cooking again. As I stood poring over recipes the other day I noticed how foreign it felt and realized how little cooking I’ve done over the last year. I knew Rich had kept us going and ensured no one starved (and to be clear, he’s a far better cook than I anyway) but I didn’t realize just how much I had stayed out of the kitchen. [Read more…]
A Little Bird Told Me to Give You This
December 13, 2012 by ·
It’s Friday, which is always happy but today especially so because one week from today is my birthday. But don’t worry – you don’t need to get me anything. I got you something instead!
Many, many months ago (like sometime last year) I came across the most beautiful thing. [Read more…]
Thoughts on Birth Plans
December 12, 2012 by ·
You probably know that the whole birth experience thing is kind of one of my passions, right? I spent four years being righteously pissed off about ending up with a scheduled C-section with Connor and the whole of this last pregnancy hoping for a different outcome. And I did get the med-free VBAC I was hoping for. (Yay!)
Last night I told Rich I kinda sorta wanted to have another birth just to know what it would be like. He looked at me like I was crazy. I don’t actually want another baby, and the thought of going through all that after-the-fact pain again freaks me right out, but I’m still curious about how it would go.
One thing I totally know — after my experiences and hearing others’ stories — is that you just never know how a birth is going to go. I knew that before I had a baby, and I really, really knew that once my first was born. And so I went into the experience with Ethan’s birth hoping and planning a little bit but trying not to get stuck on one particular outcome. [Read more…]
When You Wish Upon a Wish Book (& giveaway!)
December 2, 2012 by ·
I received a copy of the Sears Wish Book (60th edition!) the other day and Rich immediately got all nostalgic. “Oh, that reminds me of being a kid,” he said. “My sister and I used to sit with it and circle all the stuff we loved.”
Him and kids everywhere, I think. (I saw a request from someone on our classifieds board at work asking for a copy of the book because her kids really want one and she can’t find a copy.) And now we’re passing that Christmas tradition on to a new generation. Connor gravitated right to the toy book:
Yes, that’s a Star Wars pajama top with penguin bottoms. What?
And this is what he thinks about a page full of dinosaur Lego, which is what he’s asked Santa for:
He has mastered the goofy smile.
We’re all sick here again and there’s a ton of snow on the ground, which feels very festive (the snow, not the sick) but neither particularly makes me feel like going shopping. Which is too bad, because for the first time I’m feeling totally ready to do the Christmas thing already (I normally work up to it over the first couple of weeks of December).
Farcical Photo Shoot (and a giveaway!)
November 17, 2012 by ·
The following is an actual account of what can happen when you decide to get family photos done and then don’t prepare (at all) for the photo shoot. Read and be glad you’re not me:
- Book a time to get photos done and then do nothing to prepare. Phone the day before and reschedule for the following week.
- Have good intentions but don’t actually do anything about them in the intervening week.
- Sleep in the day of the shoot and have a leisurely morning.
- Look at the clock at 12:46 and realize the session is in a little more than an hour and you’re not prepared.
- Have a minor panic attack. [Read more…]
